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Instos increase alternative allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... means for getting risk right. "If you wind the clock forward to 2012, there's been a maturing in the manner by which institutional money in Australia approaches the alternatives space - they're no longer as reluctant to appoint managers to a single strategy," ...

Fidante Partners continues expansion with new hire

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
Fidante Partners, the boutique business division of Challenger Limited, has hired Brett Chatfield as an institutional business development manager, based in Melbourne. This is Fidante Partners' first new appointment since the business was separately ...

Bennelong expands Long Short Equity Management

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... Shepherd brings with him 20 years of Australian equities experience. Most recently, he was head of the Melbourne institutional equities desk for Credit Suisse. In this role, he was responsible for research sales, account management and execution. "Sam ...

Fund giant T. Rowe Price stamps brand in Australian equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... local boutiques. Quality growth will be the focus of the fund philosophy, where, Brewer said, there were few quality institutional players in the market. T. Rowe Price globally has $554.8bn in assets under management as at March 31, 2012, with approximately ...

IMCA: Asset allocation future uncertain

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... roundtable yesterday. "There is now more than ever a general angst around the way that we put portfolio's together as institutional investors for members of super funds and that angst is felt in boardrooms of funds, felt by management and their advisers," ...

BlackRock appoints country head

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... Arter had an 18 year career at Goldman Sachs JB Were where he held positions including head of research, head of institutional equities, and management roles in strategy and proprietary trading. "The size and sophistication of the Australian market makes ...

Apostle partners with Dundas Global

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... exclusive distribution agreement with Dundas Global Investors to offer its Global Equities Strategy to Australian institutional clients. Dundas Global Investors is an independent, global equity investment manager based in Edinburgh and was established ...

Facebook IPO price raises queries on value

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... underwriters, including lead bank Morgan Stanley, and the rate at which the underwriters will on-sell shares to their institutional clients. Barbi said that although Platinum Asset Management is one of the few Australian institutional investors that ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The number of exchange traded funds used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, with up to 70,000 users expected by the end of the year, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... operate in about 40 or 50 different countries and we have a very good sense as to what demand looks like, from both institutional and whole sale and retail investors around the world," said Heap.